PlayStation Network down for long maintenance Thursday

PlayStation Network will be down for maintenance in Arab Emirates, Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, and New Zealand this week. The work will begin 4pm (BST) Thursday and end 8am (BST) on Friday; during this time, the PlayStation Store across all systems will be unavailable, as will PSN account management and registration.

Sony reminds that if you sign into PSN before the maintenance period begins, you can still play games online, though the aforementioned services will still be unavailable; Trophies will work and apply to your profile after the maintenance period is over.